“We’re not flying anymore, with 18-hour flights every time we want to see a piece of paper, we’re doing it telephonically, and it’s very nice,” Al Jazeera quoted Trump as telling reporters in his Oval Office.
US President Donald Trump has said that the talks with Iran are underway, but on phone rather than in Pakistan, Al Jazeera reported.
He assured that the talks have come a long way but said no deal was possible unless Tehran agrees that there would not be any nuclear weapon.
“We’re not flying anymore, with 18-hour flights every time we want to see a piece of paper, we’re doing it telephonically, and it’s very nice,” Al Jazeera quoted Trump as saying while interacting with reporters at his Oval Office.
“When you have to fly 18 hours every time you want to have a meeting, and you know what the meeting is all about, and you know they’re going to give you a piece of paper that you don’t like before you even leave, it’s ridiculous,” Al Jazeera quoted Trump as saying.
He, however, said that the talks have “come a long way” but the question is if “they’re going to go far enough”.“At this moment, there will never be a deal unless they agree that there will be no nuclear weapons,” Trump said.
Trump also held a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Wednesday. The call lasted for more than an hour and a half where he discussed Iran war and a possible ceasefire in Ukraine, Trump said.
“We had a good talk, I’ve known him a long time. Talked about Ukraine, Iran with Putin. I suggested bit of a ceasefire in Ukraine,” Trump said, Reuters reported.
While speaking to reporters after meeting with astronauts from the Artemis II mission in the Oval Office, Trump said, “And I think he might do that,” referring to Putin announcing Ukraine ceasefire. The US president then asked reporters for confirmation if the Russian president had announced the ceasefire.
According to Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, Putin and Trump’s “friendly, frank and businesslike” discussion on Tehran and that Moscow offered to help resolve the Iran’s nuclear programme conflict. Putin said that he supports Washington’s decision to extend the ceasefire with Iran, making room for more negotiations, Bloomberg reported.
